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tom's avatar

You're spot on with your commentary about the strange approach of drafting projects paired with an aging "win-now" roster. I can't help but feel like AKME had a singular plan entering their time with the Bulls, just for it blow up and for them to have no idea how to pivot.

Their drafting strategy seems to be "let's find guys with tons of physical tools, but lack polish" and then throw them into an organization that has lacked player development chops for well over a decade. Do they think they are going to develop the next Jokic, Giannis, or Siakim type?

The best organizations are capable of establishing a clear vision and then executing that vision. That vision could be "let's hoard draft capital forever until we unearth an MVP candidate" like Philly or OKC or it could be "let's spend salary cap/draft capital on talent, and then surround them with complimentary talents" like the Lakers, Phoenix, Cavs or you could be "let's draft really well and be a generally savvy organization" like the Bucks, Warriors, and Heat are.

We have no coherent plan, and even if we did I'm not confident that AK knows how to execute that plan or have any league wide connections willing to work with him to enact that plan. The fact that we traded away more future draft capital for a player redundant with our under-performing roster is just remarkably funny.

There is a race to the bottom in the Chicago sports power rankings, and the Bulls are leaps and bounds ahead of others because of their complete and utter incompetence.

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Joe Gierut's avatar

He shot 37% from 3 in HS/AAU and his volume in college was really low. Additionally, he shot 80%+ from the line at Tennessee. I think he has more shooting potential there than we are giving credit for.

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